Wright, Lawrence,  1947- <br/><br/>
The looming tower :  Al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11 / 
Lawrence Wright. 
 - 1st Vintage Books ed. 
 - New York :  Vintage Books,  2007, c2006. 
 - 550 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill., maps ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: New York : Knopf, 2006. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-510) and index. 
<br/><br/>The martyr -- The sporting club -- The founder -- Change -- The miracles -- The base -- Return of the hero -- Paradise -- The Silicon Valley -- Paradise lost -- The prince of darkness -- The boy spies -- Hijira -- Going operational -- Bread and water -- "Now it begins" -- The new millennium -- Boom -- The big wedding -- Revelations. 
<br/><br/> Explores both the American and Arab sides of the September 11th terrorist attacks in an account of the people, ideas, events, and intelligence failures that led to the tragedies. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1400030846 (pbk.) 9781400030842 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Qaida (Organization)<br/>Qaida (Organization)<br/>Qaida (Organization)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>2001 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.<br/>Terrorism--Government policy--United States.<br/>Intelligence service--United States.<br/>September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001.<br/>Terrorism--Government policy--United States.<br/>Intelligence service--United States.<br/>Terrorisme--États-Unis.<br/>Intelligence service.<br/>Terrorism--Government policy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Class of Fall 2007 Guest speaker 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6432.7  / .W75 2007b 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.931